Blog – Page 16 – The Prodigal One

Comfort Food

March 29, 2020
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A few weeks ago, my family and I went out to our favorite restaurant for fried chicken and pasta. Fried chicken and pasta are our comfort food. The Word of God is comfort food, good for the soul. Now more than ever we need to eat it up. The definition of Comfort food is a food that provides a feeling of well-being and associated with home cooking. I think that is a pretty good description of the Bible. Provides a feeling of well-being and associated with home cooking. Not just any home but our heavenly one. Hungry for some comfort? Read John 3:16-17. Still Hungry? Read John 1:1-18. Go ahead …..

Sunshine

March 22, 2020
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The sunshine from last Sunday was followed up with a gloomy Monday and Tuesday. I asked a gentleman how he was doing, and his reply was, “waiting for the sun to shine.” “He is” I answered. With the ongoing threat of the Coronavirus the gloom only increased. Maybe the news of the virus has you scared, feeling a little in the dark and waiting for the sun to shine. May I assure you, “He Is.”

Lockdown

March 15, 2020
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Early in the week I received a text that the County Jail was in lockdown due to the coronavirus. The cancellation of activities and the possibility of being quarantined may give you the feeling you are in lockdown. Since I’ve been through numerous lockdowns, I would like to share some of my expertise to help you through it. -Be still and know God is God (Psalm 46:10) Spend this extra time with Him. -God is in control even when the world is out of control. -Even if you are in physical lockdown, spiritually you can be free. -A bad situation with God is better than the best situation without Him. …..

Seeing Jesus

March 8, 2020
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Last Sunday I saw Jesus in prison. The guest speaker at the worship service was Nate Terry, an ex-drug dealing, drug abusing, gang leader until his sin and the police caught up with him. Now Nate is a pastor. I first met Nate when I was an inmate in the Tazewell County Jail. It was great to see him again, even better when I walked out with him. I saw Jesus in Nate. After the first service 11 volunteers and I headed to the cells to speak the men individually. I saw the face of Jesus in the volunteers. The first cell I went into an inmate had his Bible …..

Kryptonite

March 1, 2020
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A Christian’s kryptonite is their flesh. When the flesh is present, we lose power. The flesh is evil, but we have a superpower called the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Don’t leave home without it. The other day a friend asked me what my kryptonite was. I told him that I have been broken from so many times I wasn’t sure if I had any left. I wasn’t being Prideful because apart from Jesus I can do nothing. I wasn’t bragging because If I boast of anything I boast of the Lord. I wasn’t being self-righteous because the only way I have been right is through …..